Nutrition and Fitness

Barbara Bell knows the importance of medical care and regular visits to the doctor, and why they’re vital for her during the pandemic. Bell, a retired...

A natural drug once seen as taboo by mainstream America may now be poised to help battle the country’s opioid crisis. From 1999-2018, 450,000 people i...

Getting a yearly physical in the middle of the deadliest pandemic in a century may seem low on the priority list, but keeping up with personal health ...

The holiday season is one that – even during the coronavirus pandemic – will be sure to include plenty of calorie-rich goodies. They may not be part o...

The coronavirus pandemic has wiped out countless events and altered many more since March. But wellness coordinators from the FLASHP consortium have h...

As the population health and well-being consultant for the Finger Lakes Area School Health Plan, Ken Foresti’s goal is to find ways to better the live...

Angela Ballard knows sweat. She is an educator and advocate of hyperhidrosis, in which the sweat glands produce more sweat than usual. She’s also a wi...

It was once thought that eating a meat-based diet was the only way to add some meat to the bones. However, many health and fitness experts are now tou...

After a couple weeks of feeling overwhelmed and even a bit blue in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the U.S., staff members at Penn Yan Centr...

While working out at home has become a necessity for many -- with gyms closed during the coronavirus pandemic -- home fitness had already been trendin...

Nick Setta once trained Tyler Jay, a left-handed baseball pitcher who was selected in the first round — sixth overall — of the 2015 Major League Baseb...

Building and maintaining a strong immune system is not exactly a walk in the park under normal circumstances. But with many communities under stay-at-...

Gyms and fitness centers across the U.S. are closed amidst the coronavirus outbreak, but there are many exercises that can be done at home to help peo...

Staying at home during the coronavirus outbreak can help you avoid contracting the potentially deadly pathogen. Arming your immune system and creating...

Doug Schmidt has been a leader in the plant-based diet movement in Western New York for years. Now, he has forever stamped his place in the plant-base...

What does “health” and “fitness” mean to you? Is it simply based off of your weight and how much you can lift? What does endurance have to do with it?...

It is healthy for the bodies to take probiotics. They cleanse the body and the gut system. The “good bacteria” helps keep the gut healthy. Instead of ...

Overeating during the holidays and New Year’s may now be in the rearview mirror. But that doesn’t necessarily make losing or maintaining weight easier...

When you picture people from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden dining at breakfast, lunch or dinner, what may come to mind is a big plate o...

In the wake of the recent opioid crisis, cannabidiol appears to have become a promising super drug that may lower opioid dependence. Now, CBD, the non...